Improved device for roasting and baking



J.4 J. CARROLL. Cooking Utensil.v `vNo. 104,422. y y Patented June 21', 1870.

N.FEI'ERSy PHOYU-LATHOGRAPHER. WASHINGTON, D. (Iy

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` lplacing'insideapan a rack-,Or grate, on which pan to have a cover,1in the top of which is a 'and use `my inventioml will proceed to describe its constructionand Operation.

L may befof any desired form. Inside of this y. pan, a short distanceiabove the bottom, is il cover is depressed `in the .form of an obtuse angle, with its apex pointing downward; or its upper surface may be concave, thus form- Y UNITED STATESV PATENT OFFICE. 4

y JORNJ. CARROLL, or WASHINGTON,4 DISTRICT or OOLU'MRIA.

, flMPROvED DEvlCE .FOR RoAsTlNc ANDKBAKlNG.

Specification forming part ofLetters Patent No. 104,422, dated June 21, 1870. l

Beit known that I, JOHNJ. CARROLL, of the city and county Of Washington, District of Columbia, have invented anew and useful `Improvement in Cooking Utensils for Roasting Meats, Poultry, &c.'; andl I do hereby decorrect description thereof, reference ybeing had to the accompanying drawings and the etters` of reference marked thereon like letrs designating like parts in all the figures.` Figure l represents a perspective view, and

rl`he nature of `my invention consists in the meat tobe roasted is placed, and the said depression, which `may be made so as to form an obtuse angle or a concave surface, the object Of which will behereinafter fully eX- plained.

1T@ enable those skilled in the art to 4man@ In the drawings, b represents a pan, which rack or grate, f, on whichk the meat tobe roasted is placed. g y

' a is a" cover, the sides land ends of which may be inclined Or vertical. The top e of this ing a cavity to hold water.' It may beattached to the pan b Vby a hinge, or in any other Vof the cover a, land the water in the depression e will cause the steam d to condense, `and it then falls down onto the meat c, as shown "by letter g, Fig. 2, thus performing the operation Of what is usually termed basting` Meats roasted in this manner are much more tender and juicy, and, asl a matter of course, better than those roasted inthe usual inanner.

' I am aware that a metal cover with cylindrical sides and top in shape of an inverted cone has been used in connection with acooking-vessel, and this Of itself is not my invention; but What-I claim, and ters Patent, is-

The cooking-vessel herein described, condesire to ,secure by Letsisting of pan b, rack f, and cover a, with its depressed or concave top c, all combined and arranged as and for the purpose set forth.

JOHN J. CARROLL.`

W'itnesses:

THEO. F. SARGRNT, C. S. MoRRIsON. 

